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No. 226,121 Patented Mar. 30, 1880.

N. PETERS, PUYQTO-UTHCGRAPHER, WASHINGTON,I DA C irnn Srl-*rares {IGHARDB. SHELDON AND JOSEPH V. PEACOGK, OF SHOBTSVILLE, N. Y.

FORCE-FEED DISTRIBUTER FOR FERTILIZERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 226,121, datedMarch'SO, 1880.

Application filed January 17, 1880.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Beit known that we, RICHARD B. SHELDON and JOSEPH V. PEAcocK, ofShortsville, Ontario county, in the State of New York, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Force-Feed Distributers for Fertilizers;and that the following is a full and exact description of the same. i

The mechanical distribution of such fertilizers as the phosphates hasalways been trouble- `some and uncertain because of the sticky characterofthe compound, and the operation of force-feed devices, for the samereason, has not proved entirely satisfactory.

We propose to obviate the difficulties heretofore encountered by acutting action upon the mass, which shall thus separate it, and bypositive means forcibly feed it through appropria-te channels to theground. This is the main object of our improvement; but we also havesought to construct the device with a view to cheapness and facilityinmanufacture and easy removal of all its parts, whether for cleansing orrepairs.

That others may fully understand our invention, we will particularlydescribe it, having reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein-Figure lis a perspective view of our machine in operative condition, thehopper and distributive mechanism being. omitted. Fig. 2 is a verticalsection of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the bed-plate orframe. Fig. 4 is a bottom plan of the same. Figs. 5, 6, 7, and 8 are theseveral parts detached.

A is the bed-plate or frame, provided with projecting lugs a c forattachment to the frame-work of the machine. At its center it has anupward-projecting hollow bearing, b, having grooves or slits clongitudinally through it to receive a spline or feather on the shortshaft B, which is fitted to said bearing to prevent the same fromrevolving. Goncentric with the axis of said bearing b there is a raisedperipheral rim or iiange, d, forming on said bed-plate a circular cup,and at one side, within said rim, there is a discharge-opening, e.

Outside the ange d, and forming a part of the frame A, there are twoopen bearings, ff, to receive the hub of the bevelpinion O,

through which motion is transmitted from the driving-shaft D to the feedmechanism. For this purpose the pinion C is provided with a squareopening through it axially to receive said shaft.

A circular cup or trough, E, sets upon the .edge of the rim d and slidesthereon, being kept in center by a rib or iiange upon the eX- teriorbottom of the cup E, which may be titted to-revolve either inside oroutside of the rim d.

0n the external bottom there is a peripheral row of cog-teeth, whichmesh with the pinion C, and the cup E is thereby rotated when themachine is in operation.

Within the cup E there is the feeder F, consisting of a volute plateorframe, hollow about the center, and provided with a central stud, B,fitted to the interior of the bearing b, and provided with longitudinalribs or splines to lit the grooves c and prevent the feeder F fromrevolving.

The inner edge, t, of the feeder is sharpened or made to shear, tofacilitate the separation of the phosphate or other substance. Thefeeder F also serves to keep the cup E in place, and they are bothsecured against accidental displacement by a wedge-shaped button, G,which is pivoted to the under side of 8o the frame A, and may be pushedinto a notch, t', cut in one of the longitudinal ribs of stud B. Thestud B also projects above the upper surface of the feeder F, to serveas an attachment for the cleaner H and shear-plate I.

The cleaner revolves upon the stud B with the cup'E, because theprojecting blades 7o engage with lugs m.

The shear-plate I is stationary, being restrained from revolving by lugsun, which enga'ge with the locking-pin p, which projects from said studB, to prevent the displacement of the cleaner or guard-plate when themachine is in operation.

To permit the placing of the cleaner a radial notch, q, may be made insaid plates or the pin p may be removable, or it may be made with anenlargement at the base of the upper portion of the stud B of anyreasonable size, and the central orice of the cleaner H of suicient sizeto iit snugly about it and be held in place by the shear-plate I and pinp.

We prefer the radial notch, because there is then no liability to lossof so small a part as the pin p.

In the shear-plate I the radial notch ismade close to the left-hand lugn, and the action of the machine carries said plate to the left untilthe pin p strikes the right-hand lug, and the plates are securely heldin place.

As the machine is revolved the blades k It at each revolution actagainst the plate I and shear oii1 the bottom of the mass of phosphateor other fertilizing substance, and the action of the revolving cup Ecarries it within the projecting arm of the volute feeder F, and it isthereby discharged into the opening r in the bottom of said cup, whenceit either falls into the discharge-openin g e or upon the bottom of theframe A, and in the latter case it is pushed into the discharge cby ascraper, t, on the eX- terior bottom of the cup E.

Those portions of this apparatus which are shown herein and relate tothe bed-frame, to the mode of securing the parts together by means of astud from the scroll-feeder, which passes through the tubular hub ofsaidframe and lock underneath the same, to the scrollfeeder with acontinuous iiange or rim, to a cleaner attached to the under surface ofthe revolving hopper, and to the open hanging bracket for the bearingsof the driving-pinion were the sole invention of Richard B. Sheldon, andare included in an application for Letters Patent tiled of even dateherewith. These are therefore hereby discl aimed as jointinventions.

Having described our invention, what we claim as new isl. rIherotatingcup E,provided with an open or perforated bottom, and havingwithin it a loose rotating cleaner-plate, H, and a stationary feeder, F,whereby the central portion is supported and the bottom of the mass issuccessively sliced away, removed, and discharged in a continuousstream, as set forth.

2. The bed A, constructed with hollow central hub, as described, therotating cup E, and cleaner H, and the stationary'feeder F andshear-plate I, combined with the stud B, projecting above and below thefeeder F, and locking-button G and pin p, whereby all the parts aresecurely held together.

3. The revolving cleaner H, provided with one or more shearing-arms, lo7s, acting against and beneath a stationary shear-plate, I.

4. rIhe hollow bearing or hub b, provided with the internal longitudinalgroove or grooves c, combined with the hub B, provided withcorresponding splines, and the lockingbutton G, substantially as setforth.

5. The revolving cup E, provided with lugs m, combined with the loosecleaner-plate H, the projecting arms k whereof engage with said lugs mand cause the cleaner-plate to revolve with said cup.

6. The wedge-shaped button G upon the exterior bottom of the frame A,combined with the stud B, projecting downward from the feeder F throughthe central opening of the frame A, substantially as set forth.

7. The bed-frame A, provided with the peripheral flange d, projectingupward therefrom, combined with the cup or trough E, provided with acircular rib, u, whereby said cup E is seated and centered upon saidiiange, as set forth.

S. The feeder F, having a projecting elliptical arm, as shown, andsharpened along its edge h, substantially as set forth.

RICHARD B. SHELDON. JOSEPH V. PEACOGK. Witnesses:

RUssELL W. ROBERTS, GEORGE H. DEUMMOND.

